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Looking for a very specific tool

09-26-2007, 09:55 PM

Hello,

I'm looking for a very specific tool.

Unfortunately, the name I remember it having makes it a very hard tool to search for the internet. The name as I remember it was "Sawsall". I might be and hope that I am completely wrong on the name though.

It was kind of a jigsaw on spindal. Imagine a jigsaw that you drag instead of push. The body of the tool lays flat on the work surface. At the front of the tool are two knob handles on either side of the blade. The blade is set just off center of the spindal, so that as you drag the tool to one side or the other, the blade turns and follows.

The idea of this tool is so that you can do intricate scroll saw style work in large pieces that would normally never fit in a scroll saw.

Does anyone know what this is? If anyone still makes them? Where I can get one?

Comment

Well sawzall is milwaukee's trademark name for a reciprocating saw, but that doesn't sound anything like what you are refering to. I honestly can't think of what tool it is you are looking for. Sounds interesting though. But wouldn't a jigsaw accomplish the same task? After all thats really its purpose, taking the scroll saw to the workpiece.